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The Original Dog Bible: The Definitive Source for All Things Dog. Irvine, CA: Bow Tie Press. ISBN 1-931993-34-3. Morris, Desmond (2001). Dogs: The Ultimate Dictionary of over 1,000 Dog Breeds. North Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar Square Publishing. ISBN 1-57076-219-8. Soman, W.V. (1962). The Indian Dog. Mumbai: Popular Prakashan.
The breed is believed to have been created from several different breeds of dogs that had the characteristics that Dobermann was looking for. The exact ratios of mixing, and even the exact breeds that were used, remain uncertain, although many experts believe that the Dobermann is a combination of several breeds including the Beauceron , German ...
List of individual dogs. List of Best in Show winners of Crufts; List of Best in Show winners of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show; List of Labrador Retrievers; List of oldest dogs; United States presidential pets; List of fictional dogs; List of dog breeds. U.S. state dogs; For species in the Family Canidae, colloquially referred to as ...
A group of Labradoodle assistance dogs. This is a list of common dog crossbreeds.These are crossbreed dogs created deliberately by crossing two purebred dogs.Some are known as designer dogs and are bred as companion dogs, often given portmanteau names derived from those of the parent breeds; others are bred to combine specific working qualities inherent in the parent breeds.
A UK Kennel Club survey puts the median lifespan of the breed at 10.75 years (average 9.85). [19] A US breed club survey puts the average lifespan at 9.4 years. One in four lived to 13 years or more, while one in five did not live past 5 years. [20] The Chesapeake Bay Retriever is one of the breeds more commonly affected by degenerative ...
A 2022 study in the United Kingdom found the life expectancy of the Shih Tzu to be 11 years, a few months below the average life expectancy of all dogs. [25] A 2024 UK study found a life expectancy of 12.8 years for the breed compared to an average of 12.7 for purebreeds and 12 for crossbreeds . [ 26 ]
A mongrel, mixed-breed dog or mutt is a dog that does not belong to one officially recognized breed but can be a mix of two breeds and is not the result of intentional breeding. [ 59 ] In the United States, the term mixed-breed is a favored synonym over mongrel among individuals who wish to avoid negative connotations associated with the latter ...
This category collects information about how dogs breed and how and why people breed dogs. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Canidae reproduction . The main article for this category is Dog breeding .